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THE SIXTH FLOOR - PERSONAL SENSE OF DESTINY 1. Now, we come to the advanced floors of the Divine Domain. Believers who reach spiritual adulthood begin operating on the sixth floor of Personal Sense of Destiny that means entrance into the sophisticated spiritual life. 2. A believer with a personal sense of destiny concentrates on the absolutes of Bible doctrine. By doing this, he resolves the various problems he faces in life. 3. There is no personal sense of destiny until the believer understands God's plan for his life that includes the seven imputations we just studied. LESSON # 41 (12-14-03) 4. Immediately upon our salvation, we have a destiny. The forty things we receive at salvation are a part of it. All believers receive a destiny, but all destinies are not alike. There will be great differences between destinies of winner and loser believers. 5. Those who have developed a personal sense of destiny do not think, apply doctrine, or solve problems using the mind or the thinking of another person. The believer who depends on counseling or guidance from others has failed to use the spiritual dynamics the Lord has provided for him to be spiritually self-sustaining. 6. After salvation, if you continue to make decisions on the basis of false values, then your decisions are wrong. Therefore all decisions related to learning doctrine become the most important decisions of the your life. LESSON # 42 (12-28-03) 7. Believers who become bogged down with the reality of their problems never seem to find divine solutions. The believer with a personal sense of destiny sees the solution, while others without a personal sense of destiny can only see the problem. 8. You cannot have a personal sense of destiny without: 1) The teaching ministry of God the Holy Spirit 2) Understanding the uniqueness of the Church Age 3) Understanding the grace policy of God 4) The objective of becoming a winner in God’s Plan. 9. Every believer has equal opportunity with all other believers to attain a personal sense of destiny. LESSON # 43 (1-4-04) 10. A true and false destiny are found in Phil 3:4-8. Paul was an unsaved celebrity with a false, personal sense of destiny. As a citizen of the Roman Empire, Paul was famous in the field of Judaism and was well-trained in Hellenistic culture. He became one of the greatest of the Pharisees at a young age. 11. Later, as an adult believer under the ministry of God the Holy Spirit, he explained the things that determine happiness in life: positive volition + right priorities = right decisions = +H. 12. When a person believes in Christ and carries all of his pre-salvation success standards over into his spiritual life, he is handicapped in fulfilling the protocol plan of God because he wants to use his own human power and human dynamics that made him successful as an unbeliever rather than God’s. 13. When success distracts you away from the priorities of the spiritual life such as the filling of the Spirit and Bible doctrine, you are a loser even though successful, humanly speaking. 14. A false personal sense of destiny occurs 1) Because people are divorced from reality on the one hand and will not take responsibility for their bad decisions on the other hand. 2) Some people put a lot of stock in their successes in life but fail to put these achievements into proper perspective. They are nothing compared to spiritual accomplishments that carry over and last throughout eternity. 2 Cor. 4:18 - …while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (1-11-04) 15. Your happiness is not dependent on circumstances or the gratification of your lust pattern. Nor is LESSON # 44 your motivation to advance in the spiritual life based on the motivation of arrogance, inordinate ambition, inordinate competition, or gaining the approbation of others. 16. Most believers concentrate solely on not sinning to the exclusion of seeing the importance of Divine Good accomplished under the filling of the Holy Spirit. If you are not responding to Bible doctrine circulating in your stream of consciousness under the power of the Holy Spirit, your Christian works are worthless. 17. Part of our Personal Sense of Destiny is our confidence in God’s faithfulness to reward us for learning and then executing the unique spiritual life of the Church Age. Your attitude toward B.D. will determine whether you are headed for FAME or SHAME. 1 John 2:28 - And now, my children, stay in fellow ship with Him, that if He should appear, we may have confidence and not be put to shame at His coming. Rom. 5:5 - And confident expectation makes us not ashamed, because the love for God has been poured out in our hearts by the agency of the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 2 Tim. 2:15 - Study [spoudazo] to present yourself approved by God, a person evaluated as a hero who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth. Phil. 1:20 - …on the basis of my earnest expectation and confidence, that I shall not be put to shame in anything, but with all confidence, Christ shall even now, as always, be glorified in my body, whether by life or by death. Gal. 5:5 - For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the confident expectation of righteousness [capacity righteousness from God for rewards in the eternal state]. LESSON # 45 (1-18-04) Heb. 10:35-36 - Therefore, do not throw away as worthless your confidence, which keeps on resulting in the distribution of blessing. For you keep on having need for perseverance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may carry off the deposit which was promised [Escrow Blessings]. 18. The confidence mentioned in these verses is a Personal Sense of Destiny. It is all thrown away when there is no doctrine metabolized and circulating in your stream of consciousness. 19. Confidence in God’s Word: a. Replaces fear with courage, Psa. 112:7 b. Enhances concentration c. Motivates the production of good works (Divine Good) d. Gets the attention of both believers and unbelievers e. Is an essential ingredient of perseverance f. Is found in every mature believer 20. Most people, both unbelievers and believers, are so totally consumed with the details of this life that they never think about what’s next. After this very brief time on earth has passed, what then? 21. The Bible repeatedly tells the believer where his thoughts should be. Col. 3:1-2 - Since, then, you have been raised with Christ [Positional Truth], set your hearts on [keep on thinking about, desiring and endeavoring to obtain], things above [knowledge of God and heaven], where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. (2) Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things [Details of Life]. * When you are thinking doctrine and applying it to your circumstances, you are obeying this verse. You are setting your mind on the things above. Psa. 119:36-37 - Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worth less things; preserve [refresh] my life according to (with) your word [B.D.]. Rom. 8:5-6 - Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. (6) The mindset of sinful man is death [spiritual death for unbelievers – dying discipline for believers] but the mind- set controlled by the Spirit is [capacity for] life and peace [inner prosperity]. 22. High school counselors give information to students concerning their current options so that they can make informed decisions about their futures. a. They ask students what they want in life and then tell them what it will take academically in order to get it. b. Students cannot use ignorance as an excuse for being unsuccessful because they know what is required. They know that the decisions they make now will shape their future. 23. As your P-T, I give you information about your current options so that you can make informed decisions about your future. a. What do you want in life and what do you want after you die? b. Do you want to be a common mediocre believer? Confused, afraid, ignorant, living by your emotions and desperately hoping you make it to heaven? c. If that’s what you want, just keep on being obsessed with the details of life and don’t be concerned about God and His Word. LESSON # 46 (1-25-04) d. Or, would you rather live the abundant life and be free of worry, fear, and doubt? Do you want to have inner peace, joy, and contentment regardless of your circumstances? Do you want to be among the winners on earth and even a bigger winner in heaven? e. This will never be more than a wish if you are an arrogant, spiritually ignorant, apathetic believer with wrong priorities. f. The things you think about and focus on will determine the quality of your life now as well as in eternity. I Jn. 2:15-17 - Do not love the world [Cosmic System] or anything in the world [materialism] . If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father [including impersonal or unconditional love] is not in him. (16) For everything in the world - the cravings of sinful man [from the OSN], the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does, comes not from the Father but from the world. (17) The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God [advances to spiritual maturity] lives forever [in a superior resurrection body]. This is not an eternal security verse. It is a command to believers with a promise at the end. Psa. 10:4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. 24. Point 8a on page 29 of this paper is pertinent here and should be reviewed. I John 5:4-5 - For whoever is born [GENNAO - per. pas. part.] of God overcomes [NIKAO - pres. act. ind. 3rd per. sing.] the world [positionally in sense of being family]; and this is the [initial] victory [NIKE - that has over- come [NIKAO – aor. act. ind.] the world – even our faith [in Jesus Christ]. 5) And who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. All believers overcome the world when they believe in Jesus Christ by becoming a child of God and by their position in Christ. This is because they are kept by the power of God unto salvation, I Pet. 1:5; the overcoming depends on God, not us! However, there is another type of overcoming which can be referred to as an “experiential overcoming” which is a potential for every believer, but it is only realized by those believers who learn how to over -come the world by consistently learning Bible doctrine. The overcoming provided by God at salvation is common to all believers because all believers are “in Christ” – Bapt. of the H.S. This is sometimes referred to as “positional overcoming” or “positional sanctification” which means that we believers have been permanently set apart by God for special blessing. This concept is found in I John 5:4-5 and Rev. 21:7. The overcoming dependent upon the believer reaching spiritual maturity is not a common experience that every believer enjoys, even though it is available to every believer. This concept is found in Rev 2:7-26, 3:5, 12, 21. It will remain only a potential for most believers because most of them never learn enough about God’s Word for the potential to become a reality. WHAT A SHAME! LESSON # 47 (2-1-04) What they lose: +H in time The motivating factor of having a personal sense of destiny Their customized package of super grace / escrow blessings Six categories of super grace blessings designed for time: * Spiritual * Blessings by Association * Undeserved Suffering * Temporal * Historical Impact * Dying Grace Surpassing Grace blessings for all eternity: LESSON # 48 Crown of Life (2-8-04) Crown of Joy Crown of Righteousness Order of the Morning Star Rev. 22:7 - Behold, I am coming soon [suddenly] ! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book. Rev. 22:12 - Behold, I am coming soon [suddenly] ! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he as done. I Cor.9:24 - Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the PRIZE? Run [TRECHO, pres.act.imp., progress rapidly & freely] in such a way as to get the prize [Super grace blessings of James 4:6] . Phil.3:13-14 - Forgetting what lies behind and reaching for what lies ahead, I press toward the mark for the PRIZE of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. {Prize, BRABEION, a reward or prize, not a gift.] GIFTS ARE NOT EARNED OR WORKED FOR, BUT PRIZES ARE. Boxers enter the prizefight ring in order to win the prize: Heavy Weight Champion of the World Belt and all that goes with it. SALVATION IS BY GRACE [Belileve, PISTEUO, is aorist tense], BUT REWARDS ARE EARNED [Run, TRECHO, is present tense] ! How do we run? By learning the unique spiritual life of the Church Age and using its superior system of thinking in every circumstance. LESSON # 49 (2-15-04) Uniform of Glory History recorded in the Archives of Heaven Authority to rule with Christ in the Millennium Being presented to G.F. by Jesus Christ LESSON # 50 (2-22-04) A new name, a Title of Heraldry, a Coat of Arms Eat from the Tree of Life in the Paradise of God (2-29-04) 25. PROSDOKAO ( is a verb, meaning to expect, to look for something, to look LESSON # 51 forward with hope, meaning confidence. It is translated “looking forward to” in the NIV: II Peter 3:12-14 - As you look forward [pres. act. ptcp.] to the day of God [the eternal state] and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13) Nevertheless, in keeping with His promise [of a new universe and tremendous blessings in the new universe] we [believers with a PSD] are looking forward [pres.act.ind.] to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. Note: Isaiah 65:17 has the promise of the new heaven and earth and the old one forgotten. Blessings forever in the new universe are described in Revelation. 14) So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward [pres.act.ptcp.] to this, be diligent [SPOUDAZO] to be found spotless [keep Rebounding], blameless [filled with the H.S. and at peace with Him. 26. A personal sense of destiny looks forward with confidence to the creation of the new universe of the eternal state. Five things survive the destruction of the universe and therefore, are of the highest value in life and are essential parts of our PSD for our eternal future: 1) Eternal salvation through faith alone in Christ alone. Our soul and spirit will survive the destruction of the universe. 2) Our resurrection body survives the destruction of the universe to enter into the eternal state. 3) The infallible Word of God, Isa. 40:8, The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our Lord stands forever. Mt.24:35, Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away. 4) Escrow blessings for the eternal state. A PSD accepts the challenge to use volition in order to attain escrow blessings and then to stay motivated so as to run the race to win. 5) The historical records of the invisible hero survive the destruction of the universe. His name, his title, and his deeds are a part of the permanent historical record of the Church Age in the hall of records in heaven. 26. We must remember that our citizenship is in heaven, Phil. 3:20. A PSD anticipates the fulfillment of better things in the eternal state and lives on the basis of divine promises. 27. Rom. 8:28 - Now we know that to those who love God, He causes all things to work together for good, to those who are called on the basis of a predetermined plan. A personal sense of destiny begins when we can fulfill the first three words "Now we know." This verse applies to those who have reached a personal sense of destiny and to no one else. 29. Our PSD is based on faith, PISTIS (s), which can be translated three different ways: 1) That which causes trust and faith; translated faithfulness, reliability, proof, pledge. 2) Faith in the active tense; the act of believing; translated faith, trust, confidence. 3) Faith in the instrumental case: “that which is believed;” the “body of faith;” therefore should be translated “doctrine”. Heb. 11:1-2 - Now faith [what is believed--doctrine] is the substance of things hoped for [elpis--with confidence], the evidence of things not seen. For by means of it [doctrine circulating in the stream of consciousness] men of old attained approval. LESSON # 52 (3-7-04) Romans 8:28 Now we know that all per. act. ind. things work together for s pres. act. ind. the good to those who s love the God pres. act. ptcp. LESSON # 53 (3-14-04) 30. Abraham used his personal sense of destiny to overcome doubts that he and Sarah would truly have a son at the age of 100. He also used PSD to overcome the temptation to forego sacrificing his son. He believed the Word of God above everything else in life. 31. Joseph made his brothers promise to carry his bones into the land that God had promised to the descendents of Abraham. His body was preserved in Egypt, but it was 475 years before it was taken into the promise land. 32. Hebrews 11:24-27 demonstrates the fantastic PSD of Moses. 33. David demonstrated his PSD when he stood before Goliath and said, “the battle is the Lord’s and He will give you into our hands,” I Sam. 17:47 David faced this giant after he had already been anointed by Samuel to be the next king of Israel. 34. Eight key words in understanding a PSD: 1) GRACE - A PSD includes continually depends on the grace provision of God for ALL circumstances and things. 2) HUMILITY - Arrogance is your greatest enemy. You’re in big trouble the moment you think you can ignore God and get by with it. Remember, “God makes war against the arrogant but He gives grace to the humble,” 1 Pet .5:5 3) KNOWLEDGE - A personal sense of destiny means one has knowledge of pertinent Bible doctrines related to the unique mystery doctrines of the Church Age. LESSON # 54 LESSON # 55 (3-21-04) and (3-28-04) 4) PRIORITY - A PSD means assigning number one priority in one’s life to Bible doctrine. If you have not done this, you will never have a PSD. We are nothing without Bible doctrine norms, standards and thinking. LESSON # 56 (4-4-04) 4) PRIORITY - A PSD means assigning number one priority in one’s life to Bible doctrine. If you have not done this, you will never have a PSD. We are nothing without Bible doctrine norms, standards and thinking. 5) VOLITION - The issue in life is not environment or circumstances but volition. The sooner you learn to take the responsibility for your decisions, the sooner you grow up. 6) FUNCTION - A personal sense of destiny demands that the believer consistently utilize the function of Rebound, Filling of the H.S., the Grace System of Perception, and the Faith Rest Drill. This is the only means of executing the Plan of God, becoming a winner believer, and glorifying God as an invisible hero. 7) POWER - A personal sense of destiny lives by the power and grace provision of God rather than by the intrusion of pathetically puny human power. 8) FOCUS - A personal sense of destiny focuses on becoming a winner believer by taking the offensive in the unique spiritual life that belongs to the dispensation of the Church. A personal sense of destiny never looks back. You have to look forward to see where you are going. 35. You have something far greater than miracles. You have equal privilege and opportunity to receive, by far, the greatest and most phenomenal blessings of all time. 36. There is a big difference between living a life with little or no expectations for the future, and living a life beyond expectations, both now and the future! These are realistic expectations because they are based on the promises of God. 37. A person with a personal sense of destiny has made a conscious decision to become a winner believer. He takes the offensive by learning and applying the spiritual dynamics that the grace of God has provided for him. 38. The rate of learning doctrine must exceed the rate of forgetting in order to maintain a PSD. That is the only way that divine viewpoint will replace human viewpoint. LESSON # 57 (4-4-04) The Bible expounds on Christ’s birth. Very little info on Him as a child. More detail when His ministry started. A lot of detail the last week of His life. A. Christ at the Garden of Gethsemane 1. He was grieved, distraught, at what must occur, but HE WAS NOT AFRAID! 2. Luke 22:43-44 is not in the original transcripts where an angel appeared to him and strengthened him and being in agony, his sweat became like drops of blood and fell to the ground. Not there ! 3. His disciples were absolutely no help whatsoever. They failed him there, not once, not twice, but three times. Matt. 26:31-44 HIS ARREST 4. John 18:3 says that a Roman cohort, consisting of 300 to 600 soldiers, came to arrest Jesus. 5. This multitude also included a mob sent by the chief priest and elders of the Jews carrying swords and clubs, Matt. 26:47. Christ asked them, “Whom do you seek?,” and they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” And Jesus said, “I am He,” and they drew back and fell to the ground. John 18:6 / Ex. 3:1.4 6 Judas’ kiss: Christ still called him friend, Matt. 26:50. 7. Peter cuts off right ear of Malchus, John 18:10. Rather than attacking Peter, he teaches him Doctrine, capital punishment, Matt. 26:52. Christ put his ear back on, Luke 22:51. 8. I love what Christ told them in Matt. 26:55. 9. Jesus knew what was in store for Him and wanted to avoid the cross if it was at all possible. So the question is, “Why did he voluntarily submit to it? “Jesus knew what was in store for Him and wanted to avoid the cross if it was at all possible. So the question is, “Why did he voluntarily submit to it? “ 10. Because He was sinless and always submitted to the Father’s plan. Yes, that is true. But we must remember that Jesus Christ was not only deity, but also true humanity with volition. 12. I think the answer is found in Hebrews 2:1-2 LESSON # 58 (4-25-04) Heb. 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses [ a list of some of the supergrace believers who are examples to us, given in chpt. 11], let us throw off everything that hinders [distractions, details of life – How? By setting our priorities right and focusing on what is really important in life.] and the sin that so easily entangles [sin from the area of weakness from our OSN – How? By Rebounding and keep moving], and let us run with perseverance the race [reaching supergrace its not a sprint] marked out for us. [God has a specific race layed out for each of us with a finish line of being a winner in time and eternity.] 2) Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith [that which is believed – doctrine], who for the joy set before him [His PSD looked past the cross to the glory of saving millions of people who would believe, His bride] endured the cross, despising its shame, [murdering the Savior of the world was the most shameful thing mankind has ever done] and sat down [in His resurrection body] at the right hand of the throne of God [the highest place of honor]. SESSION - to sit, waiting for something to be accomplished; sessionem” in Latin. He has all authority, so why doesn’t He come on down and start His Millennial Rule? He is waiting for “His body, His Bride” to be formed both quantitatively and qualitatively. n the meantime, J.C. is acting as our Advocate and High Priest, and is preparing a place for us in heaven (John 14:2-3). ASCENSION - Acts 1:9-10 This is similar to what will happen to us in the Rapture.Christ paved the way for us humans to launch off of earth and make it to heaven. Rev. 12:5 says that Christ was “caught up,” HARPAZO, v. api, to God. The same word used in I Thes. 4:17 which says what will happen to us at the Rapture. It is a demonstration of Christ’s victory in the Angelic Conflict. His position in heaven marks our position in the heavenlies, Eph. 1:20,2:6-7,. It demonstrates the manner of His future coming: visible, physical, literal, Acts 1:11.. He lead Old Testament saints out of Paradise to heaven, Eph. 4:8-10. 3. Jesus Christ, the Son of man, meaning true humanity, sits at the right hand of the Father. This means that a human, not an angel, is in the driver’s seat of the entire universe, Heb. 1:13. And here is. the good news, we are related to Him. J.C., Son of David, will continue the Davidic reign on earth when He rules the universe from Jerusalem, Acts 2:34-36. 4. He will rule the nations at the Second Advent with a rod of iron, Psa. 2:9, Rev. 2:27, 12:5,19:5. Rev 2:26 - To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations… 5. He is waiting as those who are winner believers of the Church Age become apparent, and those will be the ones who will share His inheritance and reign. How does one become a winner believer and secure his inheritance? The same way Christ did – through obedience. Heb 5:8 - Although He [J.C.] was a Son [deity], He learned obedience from what he suffered. LESSON # 59 (5-2-04) LESSON # 60 (5-9-04) 8 Key Words, Review Seven Imputations, PERSONAL SENSE OF DESTINY, II Pet.3:12-14, SPOUDAZO & PROSDOKAO, and Review Points # 35-38: 35. You have something far greater than miracles. You have equal privilege and opportunity to receive, by far, the greatest and most phenomenal blessings of all time. 36. There is a big difference between living a life with little or no expectations for the future, and living a life beyond expectations, both now and the future! These are realistic expectations because they are based on the promises of God. 37. A person with a personal sense of destiny has made a conscious decision to become a winner believer. He takes the offensive by learning and applying the spiritual dynamics that the grace of God has provided for him. 38. The rate of learning doctrine must exceed the rate of forgetting in order to maintain a PSD. That is the only way that divine viewpoint will replace human viewpoint. LESSON # 61 (5-16-04) 39. Poise, composure, and an RMA under pressure are the products of a PSD. Many times we can’t figure out the source or the details behind the things that cause us to suffer but that’s all right. We do not always have to be aware of the facts surrounding the adversity that comes into our life because it really doesn’t matter. By using our PSD we advance right through it regardless of who or what is causing us trouble.